27 Essential Principles of Story: Master the Secrets of Great Storytelling, from Shakespeare to South Park
By: Daniel Joshua Rubin
4.30
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
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1. Write Your Novel From the Middle: A New Approach for Plotters, Pantsers and Everyone in Between
By: James Scott Bell
4.20
Format: 93 pages, Kindle Edition
A powerful secret, and a fresh approach to writing bestselling fiction! What's the best way to wri… read more
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2. The Complete Handbook Of Novel Writing: Everything You Need to Know About Creating & Selling Your Work
By: None , Writer's Digest Books
3.99
Format: 528 pages, Kindle Edition
Get advice from the best in the business on every part of the novel writing and publishing process!… read more
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3. Play Winning Chess
By: Jeremy Silman , Yasser Seirawan
4.12
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Play Winning Chess is an introduction to the moves, strategies and philosophy of chess, with clear … read more
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4. Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
By: Natalie Goldberg
4.21
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
For more than twenty years Natalie Goldberg has been challenging and cheering on writers with her b… read more
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"Write about “leaving."-Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
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5. How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author
By: Janet Evanovich , Ina Yalof , None
3.80
Format: None pages,
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6. Princess of the Midnight Ball (The Princesses of Westfalin Trilogy, #1)
By: Jessica Day George
4.36
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A tale of twelve princesses doomed to dance until dawn... Galen is a young soldier returning from w… read more
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7. The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, 2nd Edition
By: Christopher Vogler
4.10
Format: 325 pages, Paperback
Provides new insights and observations from Vogler's pioneering work in mythic structure for writer… read more
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"A myth... is a metaphor for a mystery beyond human comprehension. It is a comparison that helps us understand, by analogy, some aspect of our mysterious selves. A myth, in this way of thinking, is no…"-Christopher Vogler, The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, 2nd Edition
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8. Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
By: Robert D. Putnam
3.77
Format: 67 pages,
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9. Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type
By: Isabel Briggs Myers , Peter B. Myers
4.27
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
The classic work on the 16 major personality types as identified in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. read more
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10. The Three Sisters
By: Anton Chekhov
3.06
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
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12. Bird by Bird
By: Anne Lamott
4.24
Format: 238 pages, Paperback
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"Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird."-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
"A writer paradoxically seeks the truth and tells lies every step of the way."-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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13. The Elements of Style
By: E.B. White , William Strunk Jr.
4.18
Format: 105 pages, Hardcover
This style manual offers practical advice on improving writing skills. Throughout, the emphasis is … read more
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"To achieve style, begin by affecting none."-E.B. White, The Elements of Style
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14. Zen in the Art of Writing
By: Ray Bradbury
3.75
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
"Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a land mine. The land mine is me. After the explosion,… read more
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15. Save the Cat!: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
By: Blake Snyder
3.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
This ultimate insider's guide reveals the secrets that none dare admit, told by a show biz veteran … read more
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16. No Plot? No Problem!: A Low-Stress, High-Velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days
By: Chris Baty
3.40
Format: None pages,
You've always wanted to write, but . . . just haven't gotten around to it. No Plot? No Problem!is t… read more
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17. The Dancing Girl of Izu and Other Stories
By: Yasunari Kawabata , J. Martin Holman
3.58
Format: 376 pages, Paperback
Influential Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata has constructed an autobiography through his fictio… read more
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18. The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller
By: John Truby
4.26
Format: 445 pages, Hardcover
John Truby is one of the most respected and sought-after story consultants in the film industry, an… read more
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"Audiences love both the feeling part (reliving the life) and the thinking part (figuring out the puzzle) of a story. Every good story has both."-John Truby, The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller
"No individual element in your story, including the hero, will work unless you first create it and define it in relation to all the other elements."-John Truby, The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller
"Good storytelling lets the audience relive events in the present so they can understand the forces, choices, and emotions that led the character to do what he did."-John Truby, The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller
"The story world isn't a copy of life as it is. It's life as human beings imagine it could be. It is human life condensed and heightened so that the audience can gain a better understanding of how lif…"-John Truby, The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller
19. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
By: Stephen King
3.96
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
On Writing begins with King's childhood and his uncannily early focus on writing to tell a story. K… read more
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20. Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer
By: Roy Peter Clark
4.54
Format: 253 pages, Hardcover
One of America's most influential writing teachers offers a toolbox from which writers of all kinds… read more
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21. Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
By: Robert McKee
4.29
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Robert McKee's screenwriting workshops have earned him an international reputation for inspiring no… read more
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22. Save the Cat! Writes a Novel
By: Jessica Brody
4.50
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
SAVE THE CAT!® by Blake Snyder is a popular screenwriting book series and storytelling methodology … read more
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"We call that real problem the SHARD OF GLASS. It's a psychological wound that has been festering beneath the surface of your hero for a long time. The skin has grown over it, leaving behind an unsigh…"-Jessica Brody, Save the Cat! Writes a Novel
23. Anatomy of Genres
By: John Truby
4.23
Format: 720 pages, Paperback
A guide to understanding the major genres of the story world by the legendary writing teacher and a… read more
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24. Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control
By: Stuart Russell
4.06
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A leading artificial intelligence researcher lays out a new approach to AI that will enable us to c… read more
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"To get just an inkling of the fire we're playing with, consider how content-selection algorithms function on social media. They aren't particularly intelligent, but they are in a position to affect t…"-Stuart Russell, Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control
25. Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts
By: Matt Bell
4.46
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
They say writing is rewriting. So why does the second part get such short shrift? Refuse To Be Done… read more
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26. On Writing and Failure: Or, On the Peculiar Perseverance Required to Endure the Life of a Writer (Field Notes)
By: Stephen Marche
4.09
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Writing is, and always will be, an act defined by failure. The best plan is to just get used to it.… read more
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27. Before and After the Book Deal: A Writer’s Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your First Book
By: Courtney Maum
4.60
Format: 365 pages, Paperback
Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about publishing but were too afraid to ask is right here in … read more
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28. Birding with Benefits
By: Sarah T. Dubb
3.67
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
A divorcee embarks on her “year of yes” and crosses paths with a shy but sensitive birdwatcher who… read more
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29. 27 Essential Principles of Story: Master the Secrets of Great Storytelling, from Shakespeare to South Park
By: Daniel Joshua Rubin
4.30
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Open your notebook, take out your pen, and welcome a bold new approach to teaching the art of great… read more
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30. The Quantum World: The disturbing theory at the heart of reality (New Scientist Instant Expert)
By: New Scientist
4.01
Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition
Forget everything you thought you knew about reality.The world is a seriously bizarre place. Things… read more
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31. All the Words: A Year of Reading about Writing
By: Kristen Tate
4.67
Format: 201 pages, Kindle Edition
If you read one book about writing every week for a year, what would you learn? Thanks to the self-… read more
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